How can a homeschooler attend JROTC?
Join the CAP today! → United States Air Force AuxiliaryI’m serious!United States Air Force AuxiliaryI was a Civil Air Patrol Cadet for about 4 years and am now a senior member. Many of my cadet friends have gone on to service academies or ROTC. It is the number one way for homeschoolers to get involved in Cadet programs with the military and also its way cooler than JROTC.You will get free airplane rides.You will get cadet training in drill and leadership.You will get a major advantage on service academies and ROTC programs.Finally, If you join the right squadron they may also be able to assist you in finding a JROTC program that allows homeschool participation. Many schools will allow a homeschooler to attend their JROTC programs and sports programs, so check with local schools.Good luck and God bless.Read more at wikipediaCivil Air Patrol - Wikipedia
Can a homeschooler join the JROTC.?
I live in desoto county mississippi and i go to a homeschool program that I test at a center three times a week. But i wanted to know if i can join a public school unit.
How can I keep cadets interested in ROTC?
Great question! JROTC is such a great program for kids. I'm a HS teacher, and my husband was in the Army, so drawing from that background here are some ideas: * A lot of kids who do JROTC are hands-on learners. So, look for lessons where they are doing something (and not just listening and taking notes). For example, could you? - do some lessons on map-reading and navigation, and actually navigate around the school grounds? - learn some self-defense or hand-to-hand combat? - learn field first aid? - field trips are always popular - to military installations, military history museums, etc? - watch clips from military films and discuss the historical accuracy, tactics, significance? Compare to the real battles? - anything hands-on with real equipment? Probably not weapons, but other equipment you used? Can you borrow some night vision goggles, GPS, or even just let them pack up an assault pack and use a canteen? - food is always popular, but my husband says not to give them MRE's if you want them to have positive feelings about the military. Seriously, though, they'd probably like to try them and maybe learn to prepare a meal under field conditions. Sorry if my examples are too Army-related, but maybe it gives you ideas. I wonder if your kids would be interested in military history? You could go all the way back into ancient history and study the Cartheginians' (or etc.) and trace the development of military tactics, weaponry, etc to today. If you can present your lessons using different learning styles, they will appeal to more students. One theorist I like is Howard Gardner - try searching him on the Internet and reading a bit about his theory of how different students learn. Most people's natural tendency is to teach toward their own learning style. If you can try to think of ways to present materials to the other learning styles, your class will appeal to more students and it will have more variety. You might be able to find a teacher in your building who would be willing to work with you on ideas for this. Hope that gets some ideas flowing. Good luck!
Should I join AFJROTC? And is it Fun?
Ok so.. next year I will be in 9th grade. I want to join a JROTC but I don't know if I want to do Air Force. So I looked up places online for Army, and Navy (can't remember if I checked Marines) but all of them are in a dangerous city and I think it may not be worth it. So should I just do AFJROTC? I don't know what they do either (Air Force JROTC description only please!) Thanks!
Military Straight out of High School?
It depends on what you want. Personally, I would try the Air Force first. The living conditions are much better than the Army's, especially for females. Anyway you also have to think of a couple of other things. First, unless you do some financial planning while you are in, you do not want to be in your sister's position when you get out. You do get the full gi bill with basic allowance for housing. It covers 36 months of education. Your tuition at state operated universities is pretty much covered and you get some money for books and fees. You also get basic allowance for housing while you are enrolled full time (if you are enrolled part time you do not get the full amount). The amount is based on the geographic location of your school but it is typically around $1500 a month which is tax free. Even though you get your tuition paid for and you get some money to live off of you have to consider that you will still have to pay rent and that will come out of the basic allowance for housing. You will still have to pay for utilities and a car. A good idea is to put about 20% of your take home pay in the bank every month in a savings account that you will not touch. If you do this, you will have more than enough money to finish school after you get out and you may be able to purchase a car without taking out a loan. In addition, you can take some courses while you are in and the Air Force and Army offer tuition assistance for courses taken while on active duty. The nice thing is that the tuition assistance does not count against your gi bill. Any extra gi bill benefits left could be applied towards a master's degree. Now if you are serious about going into the military, you need to get an asvab study book and really study. The asvab is basically a placement test. The higher your score, the more jobs you qualify for. Better jobs usually requirer higher scores. If you want to go to college for something science related, you should try to get a job that would prepare you for what you want to do later. You can go to either branch's website and begin to research career fields. If you go to a recruiter knowing what you want to do, it is easier for you to get what you want. The Army, Navy, and Air Force give some rank for jrotc. I believe that you can go in as an e-3. The Marine Corps does not do this.